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A&A: City’s Update Letters Not Shared With Public Until A Week After Release to Staff & Council

Q: For the past couple of years, the city manager sends a weekly update letter to the council & other staff. The letter goes out on Thursday each week. I have requested to receive this letter on the same date as the staff and council receive it, but they purposely wait seven days to send it to me saying that it is under the 10-day rule. I have sent them the section of California law where if

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A&A: Can Agency’s Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

Q: Are California public bodies required to use the least costly method reasonably available to them for duplicating and (if separate) for transferring records responsive to a CPRA request? Is there case law on that question? Context: I am a frequent requestor of video records from agencies across all levels of government and across the country, under various open records laws. I recently got a Dropbox Business account which allows me to create as many “file

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A&A: Many Colleges Denying My CPRA Request for Title IX Report

Q: I’ve run into trouble with a CPRA request I submitted. I requested Title IX investigations reports from every college in California. Several community colleges are denying my request using FERPA, which the US DoE said does not apply to investigation reports in a Dear Colleague letter. Other schools are charging absurd amounts of money ($800-$2500) for the documents. Others are citing attorney client privilege and other aspects of the CPRA act. Every University of

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A&A: Was My Public Records Request Denial As “Unduly Burdensome” Justified?

Q: I recently submitted a public records request to the county. My request was denied on two objections: The first was that it wasn’t specific enough. The second reason was this: “The County further objects that your request is unduly burdensome. Responsive documents will likely include records that are exempt from disclosure, such as records that reveal the privileged and confidential deliberative process and attorney-client privileged communications, as well as other confidential communications. It would

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A&A: How do I enforce my right under the CPRA to inspect records?

Q: I have submitted via fax a Public Records Act Request to a California healthcare district hospital that is a local government entity. The district responded to one request on the PRA but not to the request to inspect the Department of Respiratory Therapy Policy and Procedures Manual. (The title of the manual was found in a Board of Directors meeting agenda. ) Over ten days have elapsed with no response to this request and no

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